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Why AI researchers are getting paid like NBA All-Stars

31 Jul 2025

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This is Alex Heath, your Thursday episode guest host and deputy editor at The Verge. Today I'm joine...

Can we ever trust an AI lawyer?

28 Jul 2025

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This is CNBC journalist Jon Fortt. This is the last episode I’ll be guest-hosting for Nilay while ...

We are not ready for better deepfakes

24 Jul 2025

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This is Alex Heath, your Thursday episode guest host. Today I'm talking with Gaurav Misra, the CEO o...

Why tech billionaires want a ‘corporate dictatorship’

21 Jul 2025

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This is Jon Fortt, CNBC journalist. I’m guest-hosting for a couple more episodes of Decoder this s...

Perplexity CEO on why the browser is AI's killer app

17 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is Alex Heath, deputy editor at The Verge. Nilay’s out on parental leave for the next few mon...

How decision making will change when AI answers are cheap and (too) easy

14 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is Jon Fortt, CNBC journalist, co-host of Closing Bell Overtime, and creator and host of the Fo...

Inside the AI startup frenzy: ‘Everyone’s pivoting, then pivoting again’

10 Jul 2025

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On this episode of Decoder, Ellis Hamburger — former journalist at The Verge, early Snap employee,...

How SharkNinja took over the home

07 Jul 2025

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It’s summertime, which means it’s time for our annual grilling episode. In years past we’ve ta...

Why Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg went to war over WordPress

30 Jun 2025

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Today, I’m talking with Matt Mullenweg, the founder and CEO of Automattic and the public face of W...

Hinge CEO Justin McLeod says dating AI chatbots is 'playing with fire'

23 Jun 2025

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Today, I’m talking with Hinge founder and CEO Justin McLeod. Hinge is one of the biggest dating ap...

Monopoly isn’t a game (with Lina Khan)

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everyone, it’s Nilay. Decoder is on a short summer break right now, but we’ll be back starti...

Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith isn’t afraid of AI robots replacing human labor

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I’m talking with Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith. Taskrabbit is an interesting company; it’s kn...

Why Runway CEO Cris Valenzuela thinks AI filmmaking is the future

05 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I’m talking with Runway CEO and co-founder Cris Valenzuela. This one’s special: Cris and ...

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky wants to build the everything app

02 Jun 2025

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Today, I’m talking with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky. This is Brian’s fourth time on the show, and he...

How private equity kills companies and communities

29 May 2025

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Today, I’m talking with journalist Megan Greenwell about her new book Bad Company: Private Equity ...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the next phase of AI

27 May 2025

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In what's become a bit of a Decoder tradition, I spoke with Google CEO Sundar Pichai in person after...

Why Uber's CEO is okay with reinventing the bus

22 May 2025

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Today, I’m talking with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi. We recorded this conversation on the same day ...

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott on how AI can save the web, not destroy it

19 May 2025

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Today, I’m talking with Kevin Scott, the chief technology officer of Microsoft, and one of the com...

Workday's new product head hopes he can make you like Workday

15 May 2025

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Today, I’m talking with Gerrit Kazmaier, the brand-new president of product and technology at Work...

Did Apple get too big for its own good?

12 May 2025

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We’re doing something a little different today — I asked my friend John Gruber of Daring Firebal...

Reuters is ready to stand up for the press — and embrace AI

08 May 2025

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Today, I’m talking with Paul Bascobert, who is the president of Reuters, as part of a special Thur...

NYT publisher AG Sulzberger on Trump, OpenAI, and the economy

05 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everyone, it’s Nilay. We’re off today, but we’ll be back Thursday, so stay tuned. In the m...

What Trump has broken in 100 days

01 May 2025

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A lot has happened in the first 100 days of Trump's second term. It’s nearly too much to keep up w...

Decoder Live: Fired FTC commissioners fight back

28 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A few days ago, I hosted a panel with FTC commissioners Rebecca Slaughter and Alvaro Bedoya at the I...

The case for breaking up Google has never been stronger

24 Apr 2025

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Today we’re talking about the very real possibility that Google might be broken up by the United S...

Verizon’s consumer chief: Net neutrality ‘went literally nowhere’

21 Apr 2025

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As CEO of Verizon's consumer division, Sowmyanarayan Sampath oversees the biggest part of the compan...

How Trump’s tariffs actually work on the ground

17 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

One of the ways I’ve been trying to sort out the chaos of tariffs and trade wars is by talking to ...

Are prediction markets gambling? Robinhood's Vlad Tenev is betting not

14 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I’m talking with Vlad Tenev, the co-founder and CEO of Robinhood, which started as a way to...

Why DOGE is killing the agency that stops banks from ripping you off

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rohit Chopra was the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau head until the end of January, when Presid...

UiPath CEO Daniel Dines on AI agents replacing our jobs

07 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I’m talking with Daniel Dines, the co-founder and once again the CEO of UiPath, a software ...

What AI anime memes tell us about the future of art and humanity

03 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we’re diving head first into the AI art debate, which to be honest, is an absolute mess. If...

How Unity CEO Matt Bromberg stopped the ‘war’ against its customers

31 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Unity is one of those hidden in plain sight companies we love here on Decoder, and CEO Matt Bromberg...

Capitalism vs. the bird flu

27 Mar 2025

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Today we’re talking about bird flu, but in a pretty Decoder way. Science journalist Lauren Leffer,...

Splice CEO Kakul Srivastava on why push-button AI is “insulting” to musicians

24 Mar 2025

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Today, I’m talking with Kakul Srivastava, CEO of music creation platform Splice, which is one of t...

The movement to take down Tesla

20 Mar 2025

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Today we're talking about the Tesla Takedown protest movement, which has emerged as a way for people...

How Trump's tariff chaos is already changing global trade

17 Mar 2025

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I'm talking to Evan Smith, who started Altana in 2019 because he predicted the first wave of globali...

Why the Take It Down Act is a not a law, but a weapon

13 Mar 2025

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Today, I’m talking to Verge policy editor Adi Robertson about a bill called the Take It Down Act, ...

Dow Jones CEO Almar Latour on AI, press freedom, and the future of news

10 Mar 2025

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Almar Latour is the publisher of the Wall Street Journal and also CEO of its parent company, Dow Jon...

Flying is still safe, for now — but the FAA isn’t

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

So today I’m talking to Andy Hawkins, The Verge’s transportation editor, about what’s going on...

Amazon’s Panos Panay on the long road to Alexa’s AI overhaul

Mon, 03 Mar

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Panos Panay is in charge of devices and services at Amazon — that's everything from Alexa and Kind...

Amazon’s Panos Panay on the long road to Alexa’s AI overhaul

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Panos Panay is in charge of devices and services at Amazon — that's everything from Alexa and Kind...

Elon Musk's polarizing ascent in the MAGA movement

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is Alex Heath, deputy editor of The Verge. I’m guest hosting today’s episode while Nilay is...

Vimeo CEO Philip Moyer is betting on the human touch — and AI

Mon, 24 Feb

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Vimeo started many years ago as something of an artsier, more creative competitor to YouTube. Its la...

Vimeo CEO Philip Moyer is betting on the human touch — and AI

24 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Vimeo started many years ago as something of an artsier, more creative competitor to YouTube. Its la...

Why gaming never had its Netflix moment

20 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This is David Pierce, editor-at-large at The Verge. Nilay is off this week for a much-deserved break...

The FCC is a now a weapon in Trump’s war on free speech

13 Feb 2025

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The First Amendment, protecting free speech and free media, is a pillar of US law. It is, famously, ...

Sen. Ron Wyden is here to stop Elon Musk

10 Feb 2025

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Today, I’m talking with Senator Ron Wyden, a democrat and the senior senator from Oregon. He’s b...

Elon Musk's presidency is just getting started

06 Feb 2025

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Today, we’re discussing a very big problem with extremely far-reaching consequences: Do we still h...

Bookshop CEO Andy Hunter's crusade to save books from Amazon

03 Feb 2025

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Andy Hunter is the CEO of Bookshop.org, a website he launched in 2020 that lets local bookshops sell...

DeepSeek, Stargate, and the new AI arms race

Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:00:00 -0000

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Today, we’re talking about DeepSeek, and how the open source AI model built by a Chinese startup h...

DeepSeek, Stargate, and the new AI arms race

30 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we’re talking about DeepSeek, and how the open source AI model built by a Chinese startup h...

How Ciena keeps the internet online, with CEO Gary Smith

Mon, 27 Jan

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Today, I’m talking with Gary Smith, CEO of the networking company Ciena. You probably aren’t fam...

How Ciena keeps the internet online, with CEO Gary Smith

27 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I’m talking with Gary Smith, CEO of the networking company Ciena. You probably aren’t fam...

How Meta's MAGA heel turn is a play for global power

23 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s been a messy couple of weeks for big tech companies as the second Trump administration kicks ...

Why CEO Matt Garman is willing to bet AWS on AI

Mon, 13 Jan

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Today, I’m talking with Matt Garman, the CEO of Amazon Web Services. Matt took over as CEO last Ju...

Why CEO Matt Garman is willing to bet AWS on AI

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I’m talking with Matt Garman, the CEO of Amazon Web Services. Matt took over as CEO last Ju...

Studying online bad behavior was hard. It's going to get harder in Trump 2.0

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Hello, Nilay here. We’re still on winter break; we’ll be back with brand-new Decoder interviews ...

Answering your biggest Decoder questions

Fri, 20 Dec

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The Decoder team turns the tables on Nilay and makes him answer your burning listener questions in o...

Answering your biggest Decoder questions

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Decoder team turns the tables on Nilay and makes him answer your burning listener questions in o...

Tech antitrust is about to get really weird

Wed, 18 Dec

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Today we’re talking about antitrust policy and tech, which is at a particularly weird moment as we...

Tech antitrust is about to get really weird

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we’re talking about antitrust policy and tech, which is at a particularly weird moment as we...

Arm CEO Rene Haas on the AI chip race, Intel, and what Trump means for tech

Mon, 16 Dec

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Alex Heath, Deputy Editor at The Verge, guest hosts this episode of Decoder featuring a live intervi...

Arm CEO Rene Haas on the AI chip race, Intel, and what Trump means for tech

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Heath, Deputy Editor at The Verge, guest hosts this episode of Decoder featuring a live intervi...

Platforms need the news, but they're killing it

Fri, 13 Dec

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

We’ve been talking a lot this year about the changing internet, and what it’s doing to the media...

Platforms need the news, but they're killing it

13 Dec 2024

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We’ve been talking a lot this year about the changing internet, and what it’s doing to the media...

Why every company wants a podcast now

Wed, 11 Dec

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

There’s something strange happening these days in the podcast world — in particular, the way com...

Why every company wants a podcast now

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There’s something strange happening these days in the podcast world — in particular, the way com...

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman says conversational AI is the next web browser

09 Dec 2024

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Today, I’m talking with Mustafa Suleyman, the CEO of Microsoft AI. Mustafa is a fascinating charac...

AI is a money pit — here’s why investors don’t mind

05 Dec 2024

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AI investment is massive, but AI profits are not — and yet investors seem confident massive AI fu...

Rewind: Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on the future of federated social media

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bluesky has really taken off since the election, and since the Decoder team took some time off for T...

GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani on the enduring power of the website

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I spoke with GoDaddy CEO Aman Bhutani live on stage last week at an event hosted by Alix Partners in...

Remix: Google Zero is here — now what?

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For nearly 20 years now, the web has been Google’s platform; we’ve all just lived on it. Google ...

Will the world end before I can retire?

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Hey everyone, it’s Nilay — Decoder is on a short break this week. We’ll be back with a special...

How Trump’s second term could be bad for EVs, but great for Tesla

14 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today we’re talking about Elon Musk, Donald Trump, and Tesla — and I have to say, it feels like ...

Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

Mon, 11 Nov

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Harvey Mason, Jr is CEO of the Recording Academy, the nonprofit organization most famous for the Gra...

Why the Grammys need to change, with CEO Harvey Mason Jr.

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Harvey Mason, Jr is CEO of the Recording Academy, the nonprofit organization most famous for the Gra...

Return-to-office mandates are more than "backdoor layoffs"

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 10:00:00 -0000

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Today, we’re talking about work. Specifically, where we work, how our expectations of working remo...

Return-to-office mandates are more than "backdoor layoffs"

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we’re talking about work. Specifically, where we work, how our expectations of working remo...

Why GM ditched CarPlay, with software boss Baris Cetinok

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I’m talking with Baris Cetinok, who is in charge of all the software in the cars that GM ma...

“It’s the First Amendment, stupid”

31 Oct 2024

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Trump and a bunch of billionaires, like Elon Musk, are calling for the FCC to punish TV stations by ...

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on what founder mode really means

Mon, 28 Oct

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Today, I’m talking with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, who is only the second person to be on Decoder th...

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on what founder mode really means

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I’m talking with Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky, who is only the second person to be on Decoder th...

The AI arms race to build digital god

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0000

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Today, we’re going to try and figure out "digital god." I figured we’ve been doing Decoder long ...

The AI arms race to build digital god

24 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we’re going to try and figure out "digital god." I figured we’ve been doing Decoder long ...

Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode

Mon, 21 Oct

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Today’s episode, well — it’s a ride. I’m talking to Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi, who’s built...

Intuit asked us to delete part of this Decoder episode

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode, well — it’s a ride. I’m talking to Intuit CEO Sasan Goodarzi, who’s built...

How influencers are changing advertising with Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:01:00 -0000

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Today’s episode is a little different: Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi and I recorded this conversation live...

How influencers are changing advertising with Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi

17 Oct 2024

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Today’s episode is a little different: Digitas CEO Amy Lanzi and I recorded this conversation live...

Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

Mon, 14 Oct

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Luis von Ahn is the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. There are lots of opportunities to enhance a pro...

Duolingo CEO Luis Von Ahn wants you addicted to learning

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Luis von Ahn is the co-founder and CEO of Duolingo. There are lots of opportunities to enhance a pro...

The impossible dream of good workplace software

Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0000

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

I’m talking with my good friend David Pierce, Vergecast co-host and The Verge’s editor-at-large,...

The impossible dream of good workplace software

10 Oct 2024

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I’m talking with my good friend David Pierce, Vergecast co-host and The Verge’s editor-at-large,...

Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu isn't thinking too far ahead

Mon, 07 Oct

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Rabbit’s adorable R1 gadget launched with a lot of hype, but early reviews of the device were univ...

Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu isn't thinking too far ahead

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Rabbit’s adorable R1 gadget launched with a lot of hype, but early reviews of the device were univ...

The toxic transformation of Warcraft maker Blizzard

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 09:00:00 -0000

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Today, I’m talking to Jason Schreier, a Bloomberg journalist and author of the new book Play Nice:...

The toxic transformation of Warcraft maker Blizzard

03 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I’m talking to Jason Schreier, a Bloomberg journalist and author of the new book Play Nice:...

NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

Mon, 30 Sep

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

Matt Strauss is the Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer at NBC Universal. That’s a big fancy title that...

NBCU's streaming chief isn't worried about you canceling cable

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Strauss is the Chairman of Direct-to-Consumer at NBC Universal. That’s a big fancy title that...

Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

Wed, 25 Sep

Contributed by Lukas • Default Dataset

We have a very special episode of Decoder today. It’s become a tradition every fall to have Verge ...

Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to end the smartphone era

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We have a very special episode of Decoder today. It’s become a tradition every fall to have Verge ...

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